5:08 PM.The Labour Party is dismissing an independent report on Pansy Wong's travel perks, as a whitewash, and says the matter should be referred to the Auditor General. The Botany MP resigned last month… Read moreAudio

5:16 PM.Last-minute claims for property damage caused by the Canterbury earthquake are flooding into the Earthquake Commission as the deadline looms. Homeowners have responded to an eleventh-hour hurry up… Read moreAudio

5:39 PM.Redeveloping Auckland's run-down waterfront is being tipped to inject billions of dollars into the region over the coming decades. But the government's once again sounding a cautionary note, about the… Read moreAudio

5:40 PM.Just over a month after a tsunami devastated Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, many terrified locals have abandoned their homes - or are leaving every night to camp by roadsides up in the hills. Audio

5:50 PM.The union representing miners says lawyers acting for Pike River Coal have been insisting on sitting in on interviews with the the police and Department of Labour investigating the mine disaster which… Read moreAudio

5:57 PM.The World Meteorological Organisation has found the main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have reached their highest recorded levels since pre-industrial times. Audio

6:07 PM.Pike River Coal is being accused of haranguing employees after they're interviewed by the police and labour department as part of the investigation into the mining disaster which killed 29 men. Audio

6:15 PM.Auckland house prices have risen to their highest level in nearly three years. Barfoot and Thompson, the city's largest real estate firm, says the average price is now almost $554 thousand while sales… Read moreAudio